I thought these were weeds until I realized they're growing a fruit! I didn't plant anything (and even when I do they never grow 🥲) and they're growing right by my front door! What is this (and how did it get here??)
Tomato, as for how it got there idk, bird poop? vegetable waste? Dropped burger?
JackBeefus
It’s definitely a Solanum, though I’m not sure which species. It could be a tomato variety. Solanum seeds are often transported by birds, which could explain how it got there. Some solanum species are edible, some are toxic. Probably best not to mess with these unless someone knows for sure what this is.
Arceuthobium
Tomato, lucky!
dreambrulee
Plum tomato.
Herps_Plants_1987
Birds plant many things.
Allidapevets
Tomato
SusanaChingona
It’s a paste (Roma/Plum) tomato, looks like
twogreenthumbs77
looks like tomatoes, squish a leaf and smell it.
parrotia78
Pear toms
immersedmoonlight
🤦🏽♂️
_pepperoni-playboy_
I call them lightbulb tomatoes especially if they turn yellow
dann101254
Roma tomatoes
ladywolf32433
I used to live in Orlando. We went up north to Georgia for Christmas, and we stayed 2 weeks. When we got back, I looked through the picture window into the back yard. There, in our overflowing septic tank overflow, were the most beautiful, huge red tomatoes I had ever seen. They were about 7′ tall.
Our landlord was supposed to pump the septic tank 2 months before. Absolutely not. We didn’t eat them. This was in the 1990’s.
jibjibjib2000
They’ll probably turn yellow when ripe. Very nice.
SassyTheSkydragon
Yeah, that’s defo a tomato cultivar
Outside-Affect-4722
AKA Roma tomatoes
Kittehbombastic
Looks like a yellow pear tomato. They volunteer everywhere! I’ve never planted one on purpose yet harvest pounds of them each year.
redcolumbine
Pear tomato! Shaped like a pear, but is a tomato. Tasty!
NaginiFay
Pear tomato. They are a sort of bottle gourd or pear shape. That cultivar is very good at random free plants.
Alarming_Cellist_751
Tomatoes are the easiest plants to grow, really. They’re super easy to germinate and will grow from seeds in dropped poo. I’ve also had a couple Lazarus plants that died and came back to life just to give me more tomatoes. Enjoy!
PumpkiNibbler
You have a volunteer tomato plant
Majestic-General7325
Just a word of warning- anything that looks like a tomato but you aren’t 100% sure is a tomato should be treated with much suspicion. There are too many species in the family that are toxic.
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Tomato, as for how it got there idk, bird poop? vegetable waste? Dropped burger?
It’s definitely a Solanum, though I’m not sure which species. It could be a tomato variety. Solanum seeds are often transported by birds, which could explain how it got there. Some solanum species are edible, some are toxic. Probably best not to mess with these unless someone knows for sure what this is.
Tomato, lucky!
Plum tomato.
Birds plant many things.
Tomato
It’s a paste (Roma/Plum) tomato, looks like
looks like tomatoes, squish a leaf and smell it.
Pear toms
🤦🏽♂️
I call them lightbulb tomatoes especially if they turn yellow
Roma tomatoes
I used to live in Orlando. We went up north to Georgia for Christmas, and we stayed 2 weeks. When we got back, I looked through the picture window into the back yard. There, in our overflowing septic tank overflow, were the most beautiful, huge red tomatoes I had ever seen. They were about 7′ tall.
Our landlord was supposed to pump the septic tank 2 months before. Absolutely not. We didn’t eat them. This was in the 1990’s.
They’ll probably turn yellow when ripe. Very nice.
Yeah, that’s defo a tomato cultivar
AKA Roma tomatoes
Looks like a yellow pear tomato. They volunteer everywhere! I’ve never planted one on purpose yet harvest pounds of them each year.
Pear tomato! Shaped like a pear, but is a tomato. Tasty!
Pear tomato. They are a sort of bottle gourd or pear shape. That cultivar is very good at random free plants.
Tomatoes are the easiest plants to grow, really. They’re super easy to germinate and will grow from seeds in dropped poo. I’ve also had a couple Lazarus plants that died and came back to life just to give me more tomatoes. Enjoy!
You have a volunteer tomato plant
Just a word of warning- anything that looks like a tomato but you aren’t 100% sure is a tomato should be treated with much suspicion. There are too many species in the family that are toxic.
Pretty sure they’re tomatoes